The coach Rassie Erasmus will field the same match-23 which drew 16-16 to the All Blacks in Wellington. He has however named a new frontrow, with Beast Mtawarira, Bongi Mbonambi and Trevor Nyakane starting.

This sees Steven Kitshoff, Malcolm Marx and Frans Malherbe moving to the bench.

A bonus-point win will ensure the Springboks of the title, however the assistant coach, Mzwandile Stick warns that the Argentines are a well-balanced squad.

“They’re a very good side and if you look at the balance in the team, you will see they’ve got forwards that compliments their backs in the way that they play,” said Stick.

“And then they also have that physicality especially in the midfield, as they’ve shown in Super Rugby this year, where the Jaguares played so well to reach the final.

“However, we just want to focus on our processes as a team so that we can ensure we get better Test by Test.”

Saturday’s Test in Salta kicks off at 21:40.

Pumas - 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Tomas Cubelli, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Marcos Kremer, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Juan Figallo, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro.

Replacements - 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Santiago Medrano, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Tomas Lezana, 21 Gonzalo Bertanou, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Joaquin Tuculet.

Springboks - 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen (captain), 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Kwagga Smith, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements – 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Frans Steyn, 23 Jesse Kriel.

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